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ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations

Posted: Tuesday, 15 January 2013

ARIN is seeking feedback from its membership about changing voting eligibility so that any ARIN web account linked to an Admin and/or Tech POC of a Member organization may cast the ballot for the organization's one vote in ARIN elections. This change would replace the Designated Member Representative (DMR) role in the ARIN elections and allow organizations to have more that one eligible voter. There is no change to the one vote per Organization ID rule.
We are suggesting this change in order to increase participation in ARIN elections. This change would:

Allow organizations to have more than one eligible voter, thereby increasing the chances that someone would be available to cast a ballot

Eliminate the need for Members to create and update the DMR POC with its specialized email requirements

Note: The benefit of allowing more than one individual the ability to cast the organization's one vote may in some cases require internal coordination to determine who will cast the vote. If a second individual attempts to vote, they will receive notification that their organization has already voted and they will not be able to cast a ballot.

ARIN is seeking input from the community regarding this potential change, including whether it would be beneficial and if made, whether voting eligibility should be provided to Admin POCs or Admin and Tech POCs.
You can read background on ARIN's existing processes of DMRs at:

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